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Try and install Plasma from a live medium provided by several Linux distributions.

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== Fedora ==

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= Shipping the latest code from Git =

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The [https://spins.fedoraproject.org/kde/ Fedora KDE Spin] comes with Plasma. New minor Plasma versions are pushed as regular updates for Fedora installations but live media may contain a slightly older release (depending on Fedora’s release cycle).

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* Plasma 4 is included in [http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Live/ Fedora 21 KDE] (maintained until 1 month after the release of Fedora 23).

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== KDE neon ==

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* Plasma 5.3 is included Fedora 22 KDE ([http://www.dvratil.cz/2015/04/plasma-5-3-for-fedora/ currently in beta]).

You can use the Developer-stable version for builds from Plasma/5.x branches or Developer-unstable version for builds from master branches.

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https://neon.kde.org/download

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== openSUSE ==

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[http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Medias/images/iso/?P=openSUSE_Krypton.*.iso Krypton] is an installable live image based on openSUSE Tumbleweed with the latest KDE software from Git master (unreleased) on top.

The Kubuntu development release daily iso builds now have Plasma 5.16.

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http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/

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== openSUSE Argon ==

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[http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Medias/images/iso/?P=Argon.x86_64*.iso Argon] is an installable live image of openSUSE Leap with the latest Plasma release. See also https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Argon_and_Krypton

In addition to Git based versions there is openSUSE's rolling distribution "Tumbleweed" which ships the latest Plasma release tested with [https://openqa.opensuse.org/ openQA]:

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[https://software.opensuse.org/distributions/tumbleweed#livecd-ports Both 32 bit and 64 bit versions are available.]

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== Slackware ==

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[https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/tag/live/ Alien BOB] (Eric Hameleers) provides an installable [https://slackware.nl/slackware-live/latest/slackware64-live-plasma5-current.iso Live image for Plasma 5] based on the development tree "slackware64-current" and the [https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak liveslak] scripts. Login account/password are both "live". Use ''su'' or ''sudo'' to become root (using the "live" password).

Kubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo, [https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-19-04-is-released-today/ released in April], includes Plasma 5.15.4. The [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/19.04/release/ live ISO] is available for download.

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== KaOS ==

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[https://kaosx.us KaOS] is a sophisticated Distro, which focuses completely on KDE. A modern packaging approach leads to stability and freshness at the same time. Small and helpfully community.

GeckoLinux is built directly from openSUSE packages and uses openSUSE repositories.

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GeckoLinux NEXT Plasma includes the Plasma 5.13 desktop environment on top of the Leap 15.0 base system. It also includes KDE Applications 18.04 and the KDE Framework at version 5.47.0.

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http://geckolinux.github.io/#download-next

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GeckoLinux ROLLING Plasma can also be updated to Plasma 5.13.

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== Kubuntu ==

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Kubuntu LTS 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish, [https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-18-10-is-released-today/ released in October], includes Plasma 5.13.5. The [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/18.10/release/ live ISO] is available for download, and Plasma 5.15.4 can be installed via [https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports?field.series_filter=cosmic the Kubuntu backports PPA].

Kubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver, [https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-18-04-has-been-released/ released in April], includes Plasma 5.12 LTS. The [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/18.04/release/ live ISO] is available for download.

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* Plasma 4 is included with [https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:13.2 openSUSE 13.2]

* [https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Leap openSUSE Leap] ships Plasma 5 but there are no live media for Leap, yet.

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Official Debian 9 “stretch” live images can be downloaded from [https://www.debian.org/CD/live/ debian.org/CD/live]. There’re several desktop environment flavors, including KDE. The next version, “buster”, will ship Plasma 5.14.

Latest revision as of 22:42, 25 June 2019

Try and install Plasma from a live medium provided by several Linux distributions.

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Slackware

Alien BOB (Eric Hameleers) provides an installable Live image for Plasma 5 based on the development tree "slackware64-current" and the liveslak scripts. Login account/password are both "live". Use su or sudo to become root (using the "live" password).